How to measure your kitchen

Sketch a rough outline of your kitchen’s shape, including any major structural features and protrusions.

You don’t need to be Picasso to do this or create an exact, to-scale drawing. The floor plan should be a bird’s eye view of the room that shows its shape and scale.

Mark any fixed details that your designer will need to design your kitchen around. This should include:

• Position of doors and windows, and the direction they open in
• Position of archways
• Location of permanent fixtures such as radiators, boilers and extractor fans
• We don't always need gas points at this stage in the design process, but it’s helpful if you can include these

Grab your tape measure and measure the distance between each fixed point in the room, including windows and doors. You might find it helpful to label each measurement with a letter and create a key before you get started.

Be sure to include full wall measurements (end to end), the size and position of the windows, and how far doors are from the wall.

Your designer does not require measurements of existing kitchen furniture, e.g. worktops.

Please take a photo of each wall in your existing kitchen, as well as any  areas you feel are a little complicated.